CROWNED BY BLOOD
"They will come now. The ones who fear what you represent, what your return means for their carefully laid plans."
"Let them come," I replied with quiet confidence. "I'll be waiting."
At that moment, as if summoned by fate itself, a large raven landed at our feet, a blood-red seal tied to its leg with black ribbon.
Kai retrieved the message with careful hands, unrolled the parchment, and read aloud in a voice heavy with foreboding: "The vampire legions have mobilized. They cross the Eastern Wastes at dawn, bringing war to our doorstep."
The real war had finally begun.